Tag: salvia

UF/IFAS research protects pollinators from harmful pesticide exposures

by Megan Winslow
June 17, 2025

Years ago, when purchasing a flat of pansies at a garden center, Chris Wilson noticed a label indicating the flowers had been treated with insecticides. “I remember thinking to myself, ‘But bees can’t read labels,’” said Wilson, ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, Wildlife
Tags: Bee, Chris Wilson, Collaboration, Contamination, Environmental Horticulture Department, Grant, IFAS, Insecticide, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Lantana, Megan Winslow, Mia Cabrera, Nectar, Nifa, Pest, Pesticide, Pollen, Pollinator, Pollinator Week, Research, Salvia, Sandra Wilson, Soil, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences, Study, Tyler Jones, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, USDA National Institute Of Food And Agriculture, Vanesa Rostán

A Salvia for Late Summer Color

by Beth Bolles
August 22, 2024

Salvias are a popular group of plants for attracting pollinators and adding lots of color to the landscape. A unique salvia that offers velvety flowers is the Mexican bush sage, Salvia leucantha. In our heat, Mexican bush sage can tolerate ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Bees, Butterflies, Flowers, Hummingbirds, Perennial, Pollinators, Salvia

Salvias for Your Florida Garden

by Jamie Daugherty, Ph.D.
January 30, 2024

What better way to add color into your Florida Garden than to include the versatile Salvia. This is one of the largest genera of flowering plants with a thousand species worldwide. Salvias will grow in full sun to shade, sandy soil to mucky ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Annual, Attract Wildlife, Butterflygarden, Gardening, Mint, Perrenial, Salvia

Satisfying Salvia

by Barbara L. Edmonds
February 16, 2021

By Ralph E. Mitchell Flowering varieties of Salvia are a gardener's favorite as they provide a wide range of color and form. With colors from scarlet red to blue to white, in both annual and perennial plants of native and non-native origins, ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Blue Salvia, Container Plant, Cut Flowers, Mexican Salvia, Red Salvia, Salvia, Sapphire Salvia, Scarlet Salvia

Fall is a Great Time to Garden

by jpopenoe
October 1, 2017

By Brooke Moffis, Residential Horticulture Agent It is the beginning of fall and spring has sprung in Central Florida, at least for the gardener. It’s hard to grow and get excited about the garden during the dog days of summer. Since ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: African Bulbine, Blanket Flower, Brooke Moffis, Coleus, Fall Color, Fall Gardening, Salvia, Wildflowers

Q: After this last freeze I noticed my salvia was covered in white insects – you called them scale. Do think the freeze killed all the insects? Should I leave the plants alone or remove them now?

by BLOGS.IFAS
June 16, 2017

A: In some instances it is better to remove insect and disease infested plants rather than chemically treat them. Although the salvia will probably return in the spring it is too easy for the insects to get started on one plant and move on the ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes
Tags: Freeze, Salvia, Scale

Fact sheet: Scarlet salvia

by BLOGS.IFAS
June 10, 2017

The native salvia is an herbaceous perennial that is native to the southeastern United States including the state of Florida. It may attain a height of 3 to 4 feet with a vase-shaped or upright habit. It bears striking, rich red flowers (occasionally ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: Factsheet, Plant Sale, Salvia, Salvia Coccinea

Sunshine Plants for the Sunshine State

by BLOGS.IFAS
August 21, 2015

Guest Article for the Tallahassee Democrat August 21, 2015, Release for Tallahassee Democrat By Michael Barach Firebush. Photo by Michael Barach The chickens are laying hardboiled eggs. The cows are giving evaporated milk. Old Doc, who was ... READ MORE

Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes
Tags: July-September 2015, Perennial Groundcover, Salvia, Yucca

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